Robert Boisjoly Dies At 73, the Engineer Who Tried To Stop the Challenger Launch

I actually agree that we are too cautious in our space explorations. We need to take more risks and spend more money.

But in this case, they were told exactly what would fail, why, and how. And they argued late into the night, and Boisjoly was so sure that he refused to watch the launch. There was absolutely no doubt in 5 engineers' minds that this would happen.

This was not an acceptable risk. It was easily avoidable. Not with 14 lives at stake. (The $5 billion ship might have been acceptable, though.)

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